[petition] Making it mandatory to give details about codec & resolution
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@Uwe:
Another idea might be to create a High-Quality category (similar to DVD-R) with minimum standards. I have seen torrents listed (HQ) in the description but are not what I would consider to be high quality.
"HQ" is an attribute originally given to the VHS standard improvements (not really High Quality), then used for DivX/Xivd using decent quality encoding settings i/o of pressing the size to one 700 MB CD-R by all means. Still such a "HQ" AVI got a lower quality than the original DVD.
IMHO what you are looking at, is a HD (High Definition) section, something which should be discussed in it's own topic. I would set the minimum requirement to a resolution of 720x1280 pixel, but that is not all, the codec/bit rate combination must be good, too;
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We got already the ~HD tag, so uploader can tag their clips (there are many in HD) or movies being in HD by it.Honestly, I don't really care enough to start a new topic. It was just a thought about creating standards for these tags/categories. There is nothing right now that would keep an uploader from adding it to all of his torrents whether it applies or not.
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So, when viewing this information, what are the main things to look for;
when there is more than one copy of the same torrent, what tells the leecher
to "Pick me! Pick me, I'm worth downloading over the other guy's!"?
To be honest, if there is only one copy of something I'm looking for,
I don't concern myself with that information, download it anyway.If this is info is in another thread, please direct me there.
Thanks
"nofish" -
Sometimes users upload torrents with good to very good screenshot quality; then after loading the torrent the resolution is very small and the quality is as bad either so that people are being disappointed - if not - deceived by screenshots.
I assume you mean publicity "stills" rather than "grabs" / "contact sheets" made from the movie by the poster..
Why don't posters [who use windows as their OS] simply include an "image grab", made with "image grabber2 / or 2.net".. or "Video Thumbnails Maker2" [both are freeware] & set the options to show the video & audio details..
see attached eg.Downloaders can then judge quality before DLing..
PS.. I voted NO..
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I assume you mean publicity "stills" rather than "grabs" / "contact sheets" made from the movie by the poster..
Why don't posters [who use windows as their OS] simply include an "image grab", made with "image grabber2 / or 2.net".. or "Video Thumbnails Maker2" [both are freeware] & set the options to show the video & audio details..
see attached eg.Downloaders can then judge quality before DLing..
PS.. I voted NO..
I voted YES and I agree with Wombat. The contact sheet should be mandatory (1 per video file in the torrent), especially when they can be so easily generated. For those studios where preview images are not allow, the codec and resolution info should be included in the description and the contact sheet(s) included as part of the torrent.
On the other hand, how much info are needed? For me, I usually just look at the video resolution (height) and file format.
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I can say, quite honestly, that if the info were required, chances are real good that none of the 25 torrents I uploaded so far on this site (in the 7 months since I've joined), would have been uploaded…at least not by me. (But that doesn't mean I don't put a lot of effort into my uploads, with descriptions, pics, links, tags, etc., which has earned me auto-approval (and no warnings.)
Sure, you're gonna get the occasional "less than stellar" video quality. But as someone who has approximately 7 TB of porn, including thousands (probably more like tens of thousands) of full videos, clips (short and long), full DVD rips, etc I'd say the number of bad downloads aren't even a blip on my radar. Hell, I'm more incensed about seeing condoms in a video categorized as "bareback". Again, that's just me.
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Too many people don't follow the upload rules and force us to send them messages about what needs to be done so their torrent can be approved as is.
Some people never fix their torrents and they eventually get disapproved.
The flow of new torrents would definitely slow down, and the amount of new torrents probably would noticeably decrease.Good picture quality is nice and all, but poor quality videos never stopped me from "completing a mission".
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This place lives from the uploader and downloader. Most are not tech skilled. Many struggle to do their first upload (it was a real headage for me). Many will not be able to interprete th given information either. As said upon, making such requirement will put another burden to uploads.
Anyone who downloaded the torrent, being able to reveal the information (for example using MediaInfo) could post a comment adding this information … for example on torrents were he was disappointed about the technical picture quality. Of course best without any negative remark, just the technical information. Then other later downloader can decide on their own to go for it, or not.
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I would go further with this idea and suggest users who are willing to share such information about their downloaded torrent to send it to moderators, so we can insert it in the description.
Though I really doubt the majority of users pay any attention to what is written in the description. Moreover they will pay any attention to the tech details, since most of them have no idea about bitrate, codecs, containers and so on…
